DENATURANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does denaturant mean? 

• DENATURANT (noun)
  The noun DENATURANT has 1 sense:

1. any substance that serves as a denaturing agent

  Familiarity information: DENATURANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENATURANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that serves as a denaturing agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("denaturant" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Derivation:

denature (modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished)

denature (add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb)

 Context examples 

It is also used in laboratory research as a protein denaturant. (From Martindale, the Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed and Merck Index, 12th ed) It is also used in the treatment of myasthenia and as a fluorescent probe in HPLC.

(Guanidinium Cation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)